Sentences with phrase «bipartisan budget control»

[246] On August 2, 2011, after a lengthy congressional debate over whether to raise the nation's debt limit, Obama signed the bipartisan Budget Control Act of 2011.

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It essentially obliterates bipartisan spending caps established in the Budget Control Act of 2011 that had kept recent deficits partially in check.

With the debt limit set to be hit in a matter of hours, Republicans and Democrats in Congress reluctantly accepted the president's demand for the sequester, and a revised version of the Budget Control Act was passed on a bipartisan basis.

Skelos touted how the Legislature adhered to the provisions of the Budget Reform Act of 2007, which was «ignored» when the Democrats controlled the chamber, adding: «Now we've seen that the chaos that existed for two years is gone, and government is functioning as it should, and — right now — with a bipartisan basis.»

«The bipartisan effort is working,» she said, before referencing the 2009 budget that was passed by a Legislature wholly under Democratic control.

In a statement, Austin Shafran, a spokesman for Senate Democrats, did not say whether the Senate would agree to take up Mr. Paterson's proposal, promising only that «we will continue to work with the Executive and Assembly to pass a fair and bipartisan budget that controls spending provides tax relief, and protects jobs and vital services.»